On Not Knowing Publisher / Silvana Editoriale enlarge our strengths and aggregate

enlarge our strengths and aggregate our energies

there is a growing debate and dissent over what museums are for

At the heart of these tales lies passion – from a humble waiter’s love for an aristocratic guest to an exiled Frenchwoman’s longing for the glitter of court life

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On Not Knowing Publisher / Silvana Editoriale enlarge our strengths and aggregateMoments of clarity are rare and fleeting; how can we become comfortable outside of them, in the more general condition of uncertainty within which we make our lives? Written by critic Emily Ogden while her children were small, 'On Not Knowing' forays into this rich, ambivalent space. Each of her sharply observed, personal essays invites the reader to think with her about questions she cant set aside: not knowing how to give birth, to listen, to hold